GRE Word List
AMALGAM
a mixture of different elements
The meaning of the word amalgam is a mixture of different elements.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| temper | heat of mind or emotion : proneness to anger : passion |
| ossify | to change into bone |
| paraphrase | a restatement of a text, passage, or work giving the meaning in another form |
| document | proof |
| quadruped | an animal having four feet |
| dogmatic | characterized by or given to the expression of opinions very strongly or positively as if they were facts |
| impasse | a predicament affording no obvious escape |
| menagerie | a place where animals are kept and trained especially for exhibition |
| docile | easily taught |
| deadlock | a state of inaction or neutralization resulting from the opposition of equally powerful uncompromising persons or factions : standstill |